First, you could type into the “search” button exactly what you are looking for. This may seem like the easiest method, but it may not work as seamlessly if you do not use the proper vocabulary. For example, if you search for “Post a News Item” (A D2L terminology) V. “Post an Announcement” (Canvas terminology). The “News Item.” search would yield no results.

Second, you could use manually search through the guides. This may seem time consuming, but it is actually fairly simple (see below).

Using the search button to search the Canvas Guides.

1. Once in the Canvas Guides, locate the “Search” bar in the middle of the screen. Type in what you are looking to accomplish (ex. “Make an announcement,” “Post to discussion board,” “Upload files,”….etc).

Make sure you are using the correct manual. The search bar searches ALL Canvas guides (Instructor, Student, Admin). The directions/screen shots will be different for “Instructor” and “Student.”

You can use the “Filter Search Results” (right hand column), to filter results based on what you are (instructor/student), and what you are looking for.

3. When you find the guide that you want, simply click on the title.

How to Manually Search the Canvas Guides

1. From the Canvas Guides main page (http://guides.instructure.com/), locate the list of guides (below the search bar), and select the one that most applies to you (ex. “Instructor Guide”), and click on it.

2. You will be taken into that guide. You will notice all of the tools are listed in alphabetical order. Under each tool is a list of the documentation available. Locate which tool you need help with, and then search the available guides for what specific action. Once located, click on it, and you will be taken to the step-by-step guide for that action.